Grain-shocker.



A. N1 011mm).y L GHAiN 'suocKElm APPLICATION FILEDl OCT. 91 1915.1,175,711. i Y Patented Mar. 14,1916.

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Attorneys A. N. CONARD.

GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICAUON FILED ocT. 9. 1915.

Patented Mur. M, 1916.

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. w. wv o Atforneys .witlrthe parts in normal position, p-ortions .i ofconstruction, to enhancefthecutility of the machine, the mechanism alsobeing comparatively4 simple and inexpensive'in con# l view whichwill-appear as the descriptionv UNITED sTATEs PATENT-"OFFICE ABRAHAMNEFF' oNAB-n, or WEYBURN, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.'

' engin-SHOWER. i'

To all whom it may concern:

, B e it known' that I, Alumnae; NEFF CON? ,mofa citizen of the nitedStates, -residing at lVeyburn, in the Province of Sas- .katchewan -andDominion of Canada, havel Vinvented a lnew and l,useful Grain-Shocker,of which the following is a speciiication.

The present invention appertains to grain shockersor smokers, -and aimsto provide a* novel and improved attachment for `a grain harvester,whereby the sheaves of.

grain are. collected in shocks and `then de ,-posited upon the groundsov that the shockfing of the grain is accomplished automaticallvinstead offby hand as'usual.

The invention includes improved details struction, as well as beingpractical and efficient in operation, a

With Vtheoregoing and o ther objects in proceeds, the invention residesinthe coinbi-nation and arrangement of parts and in the vdetails ofconstruction hereinafter de 'scribed and claimed, it being understoodthat changes in theprecise embodiment of yout departing Afrom the spiritof the inventhe invention herein disclosed can be rmadewithin the's'copeof what is claimed, Withl tion. c

being l dle swung toposition for The invention is illustrated theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 'l is a plan view ofthemechanismbroken away;v Fig. 2 is a side eleva.- tion of the mechanismillustrating the crashocifts upon the is a transverse -section' of lthemechanism taken' on the liney 5-5 oit` Fig. l; 6 isa tragniental plan`view illustrating a modified form of' drivinggear. Fig. 7 isatragnicntalelevation oi tliemodified form.-

plane," and one limb .In carrying a frame viewed in Fig. 1 .withthelopening disposed rearwardly,-theframe lying in a horizontal i orsideportion thereof being attached in any'suitable-manncrt0 an ordinarygrain harvester.

Mounted within the frame 1 is concaved cradle or receptacle 2,constructed of depositing the ground. Figs.' Sand 45 are `enla'r, fedsectional details on the lines 3--3 and ie-fi, `respectively, Vo Figi.'4Fig. 5l

out the invention, vthere 'is' l of Ufshapey in'plan, as'

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Patented Mr. i4, 1916." Application inea ocibere, i315, I serial No. 55,017'. i l

sheet metal or .other suitable materiafandf normally disposed in a'horizontal position,

longitudinally within the frame'. This cra dle is -trunnoned to theframe, andto thisf'i end a curved .rod or .saddle 3 provided, the cradlebeing secured thereon, and the rod 3 has rearwardly projecting cranks4."

at the side edges of the cradle,/and providing outturned trunnions .5journald in suitable bearings i carried by the Jframe. The

bearings Gare secured upon raised portions 7 of the frame carriedyby thelimbs or side portions thereof.. The trunnions 5 are located 'adjacentthe rear endsoi1 the limbs the cradle 2.

The chute 8 forv the `sheaves of grain coming from the harvester', issecured upon' the respective raised p ortion of the frame,

and a wing 9 is hin'ged,. as'at 10,' tov the loweror delivery. endof,thcchute 8. The

wing-,9 normally swings downwardly into' alineme'nt with the chute 8 soas to extend to the respective upper or side edge of the cradle 2, thewing9 normally resting uponi the respective crankor ,portion 4-of th?cradle saddle or' carrier. j

-A' coiled wire retractile yspring 11iv `has one end connected to thatcrank adjacent the: harvesten-and has its other. end attachedto f anVinwardly projectingarm 12carriedby' the respective limb' `of the framel.` ,This

spring l1 holds the cradle 2 in normal horizontal position, and when thevcradle is; -swnng upwardly, rearwardly and downwardly, the spring holdsthe cradle in downwardly projectingvertical position, as seen v inFig.'2.v 'In this-'connection it 4-is ltobe noted that when .the cradleis-'swung upv'vardlyand rearwardly from its normal when the cra'- cradletonormahposition v As afmeans for actuating the' cradle, that ed, andhas secure which are normally arranged as'v illustrated in Figs. 3 and4, when the cradle is in initiaL position. Disposed between the gearsl3- Apositionbeyond an intermediate position at' l which therespective'cranlc 4 andV spring .11

lie in the .same plane, the spring will come. A into play for quicklyswinging 'the cradle downwardly, .and conversely, dle isswung'upwa'rdly'beyond said inter-'j mediate or dead center position,the'spring' 'comes vinto-'play for quickly returning th'el trunnion 5adjacent the harvester i's extendd thereon, a pair of spaced mutilatedbevel gears 13e-14, theteeth 'of ll 0 to pass the wingf'). Furthermore,when theV crank is swung from its normal to discharg- Aingposition-,"tlie retaining fork 31 is swungV tor the reasons .abovegiven', tol hold the shock within the cradle during the time that y fthecradle isbeing rotated, but whenrthe cradle reaches the dischargingposition, 'the fork-31 isswung away-from the cradle to release the shockand allow it todrop onto `the ground. Whenthecradle is swung to tdischargingposition'.to liberate the shock,

sj the respective crank 4; swings the bell crankA .lever 25'-j2627,whereby the pinion 15 is pulled or moved away from the gear 13 andintowmesh with the teethfoi'f the gear 14.

.lt willv be understood that thegear-'li has 4, sothat when the pinionais swung "l previoiisly 'rotated `through an arc of -aboi'it of acircle in the directionof the arrow into engagement with the gear 14,the gear j, '14 `is' .rotated clockwise las lviewe in Figa,

' to swing the 4cradle rearwardlyl and thencefor qiiickly ieturning the.cradle to. :normal position, it being noted that the-wing-9 canupwardly'. A when the mais swung upvwardly beyond the intermediziteuor;dead benterwposition, thespri'ng comes into 'play swing upwardlytoallo-w the cranlrl to pass '301 upwardly beyond the intermediateposition :by thefeiigagement ofthe pinion 15 with the.

the same upon ythe returning movementof the cradle. As soon as thecradlejis moved f gear 14, the teeth of the gear .14: will leavethepinion 15, so that the connection betweenth'e, `cradle and driving shaft2 8 is vbrolken The only thing that is necessary for the operator to do,is to pull therodffor element fj "24 at the proper :time when' he`robserves that thecradle -isilled with sheaves, the opera- "-tionyotherwise beingy entirely automatic.

Particular attention is directed-'to the fach Y lrear end, and that thecradle' 'is s wung up--` rearwardly and tlieplce'rdownwardly r thebutts` of" tlie's eaves onto 'the "groiui'idthe butts.being"'forwardlyfwhen -thesheaves roll from thec'hute VSliiitouthecradle.

the shock inposition-'so that it will n tall Thisbrings the shockintoi'proper position I Iupon the ground, and wheiiithe cradle-"re-4`tu'ri'i's to normal position, the upper. end, as v"seen-in Fig. 2, willreadily pass over the `shoctnwhile the lower or'free end will swing awayfrom the'slioclrandtlien pass.over the same,'as the machine moves forwardlyi- "In this manner, the cradle moves snugly overl the top'of theshock in a curved line, and the Y cradle will therefore steady theshockafter `it deposited;uponV the ground, andi'hold over. f f mechanism isoperable for The present fsiiitable intervals. This does.

'2'2, 'whereby' the operator can pull the pinvout of its path. 1

fromth'e harvester, and 'for depositing the accumulated sheaves in-shocks vor stacks at away with considerable manuallabor'.

.collectingthe sheavesA as they rare-discl'iarged .I

Figs. 6 and 7 ,illustrate a modified form ,ofV

driving mechanism. In this form', the

vgroundwleelW is V utilizedl for actuating the cradle. Thus, a4transverse counter shaft 18 'is'journaled'in bearings 19 carried by the"frame and` adjacent the forward end thereof, and sprocket wheels 21 areattached to ,the wheelW and respective end of theshaft 18 and .have asprocket chain 21" trained fther'earound, to connect Atheshaft' .18 withvthe wheel. AA stub shaft 16 is connected by a universal joint 17' withthe other end of` the shaft 18'-, and has a .bevel pinion v15 between'apair of mutilated gears'13-14 se cured upon a longitudinalshaft50'ijournaledin bearings or brackets 50 attached to the inner limb; ofthe frameilA bevel 'I gear 51 carried bythe shaft 50 meshes with a bevelgear 52. Secured to the inner trun# i nioii' 5, anda sleeve 22 upon theshaft 16 i's- 1 connectedby a link 28," with a lever 25 op-I erated bythe respective crank4 of the cradle carrier orsaddle. A rod, cable orequiva lent element 24A isconnected to the sleeve while Athe lever 25when operated by tlie'ree.'

spective 'crank 4, moves the l)inion 15 into;

en agement with the gear 14. .The parts.

28', represent the parts of the first form'having the `same-numeralswithout the, prime mark exponents, so that the operation of the f Ymodiied form will be readily understood, it

being evident, thatin thisv case, the carrier is operatednot from theharvester, but from the wheel-W; The resistance ,o f`fer ed' by thewheel W will thus counter-balance the drag created by the'cutterdeviceof the harvester at the opposite side, so that this will equalizethe tendency of the harvesterbeing twisted A salient `feature of vtheinvention resides vin the factvthatwhenthe 4cradle -isfp'ulleddownwardly.- by the spring, the. cradle is given a quick downward andforward movei ment, and whenthemovement of the' cradle is stopped, theshock is thrown with considerable momentum onto the ground, whereby thevsheaves will settle'lirmlyin position,

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andthis will preventthemhock from 'tumbling over. y

.Havingthus described tlieinvention-,what

v is claimed a's new ist' t 1; A' grainlshocker embodying a triinfinioned cradlefor receiving the sheaves from a harvester, Aspring meansfor4 swinging fthe cradle to either normal'or dischargingposi-v Vtionfrom an intermediate-position, and

means for swinging th cradle from normal 'aposiipionbeyond fthe-interi'-positioni'ineanslfor holding' thel sheaves nediafge'position. Within thecradle 'when' the' cradle is being 2:"A'grainshockeri'ernbodving'afname, ajlfsxiviingfrfom horizontal todepending' posi- (zloty-fa sfji'in'g connecting'oneo f'said'efankshoigizonialto depending position, and-rnealifroxn the 'eracll e "v vhenfor; ,svvingiiigthegsadlefiaoxn.horizontaland` dischargingPosition u u i'en ing positionbeyondy said. intermedi-H` .xeta1nerft0ivard1-th oijadlei bien it islge'ing .A l v. Swnng'fromnornia tod @hanging position,"

" Spr'lg ,'Conneomg f :shockef/ interindiaef"position Cto eithernoi'nialon '"Position-bewind;said internedafegp'osi'tion;jingeradldispring meansffoi"sivingingsaid of saidjcranl'zs. and saidframe fop swlngnigthe 4cradle from' an 125 `ing the pinion intoengagement with one `gear whereby `the cradle is swung from normalposition beyond said intermediate posi' tion in which event said pinionis disengaged i fromthe lteeth of said gear, and a lever car? i lIied bythe frame and operatively connected withsaid pinion and adapted to heoperated `by onetof said cranks when the cradle is swung to dischargingposition so that the pinion is moved into engagement with the othergear` to swing the cradle from dis- "oharging position ipeyond saidintermediate .l position inwhich event said pinion is disengaged fromtheteeth of the second 1nentioned gear.

10. Afgrainshoeker embodying a cradle adapted to be swung from ahorizontal posiandineans forswinizingl the cradle from nor tion throughof a oiioie to e depending position, spring means for swinging 'thecradie downwardly with a quick motion,

In testimony that I olaiin the foregoing 2 as my own, have heretoaii'ixed iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

i .ABRAHAh/I NEFF CONARD.

Witnesses ivy E. SIMPSON Monnet; I), ii'imnn.

